Let the healing begin

Sometimes you have to write in order to find the lies The things that you believed to be true For when they fall on the paper  They are so clearly false That the letting go becomes easier  And you can finally begin to move on Let the healing begin Sometimes we share, sometimes we don't,...

2 Years!!!

The craziest thing happened yesterday I got a notification on the WordPress app that my blog has now been up for 2 years. 2 years! From a guy that thought he had nothing to say. It has been quite the ride, a lot has happened in the last 2 years, I have changed a lot...

Healing, Your Story & The Journey – The JIBTYI Notes; part 7

The original plan was not to do a chapter by chapter break down of Jesus Is Better Than You Imagined (by Jonathan Merritt), although thus far I kind of have, as such I am going to stop and wrap this thing up today.  There are so many great thought provoking pieces in the book from...

Broken male culture – Part 5 – Forgiveness

If knowledge is gained through experience, I should be pretty familiar with the subject of forgiveness. I have had much to be forgiven for in my life time & have also had much to forgive. Some connected, some disconnected but all necessary & all small steps towards what I feel is finally some sort of...

Cavernous Valleys

Cavernous valleys Rolling thunder Deserted solace Emptiness overflowing   How is it so easy to consistently forget Yet so difficult to consistently remember That I do not walk alone There is hope in this hopelessness   There is a redemptive guide Who seeks to heal me Just as he seeks to use me to heal...

Therapy – Just not enough

Therapy; talking it through Good advice, a nice chat Positive thinking Moving on   Nice ideas, yet ultimately flawed There is only one path to true healing There is only one way to true change Nothing, but the blood of Jesus   Kingdom principles, applied to the matrix Effective guidelines, but Ridiculously underused, like a...

An infatuation with intoxication

I will build a wall I will build a wall to keep you out You will not hurt me No one will hurt me Inside my wall I will hide I will hide while no one hurts me Instead I will hurt myself I will lose myself I will anesthetize I will lose myself to...